Bombus (Pyrobombus) flavescens Smith

An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Zootaxa 2865, pp. 1-36 : 18-19

35. Bombus (Pyrobombus) flavescens Smith

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Bombus flavescens Smith, 1852a:45 , holotype male BMNH examined. China: Zhejiang.

Bombus rufocaudatus Friese, 1905:510 , type not seen. Synonymised with Pyrobombus flavescens (Smith) by Tkalců (1974b). China: Sichuan.

BOMBUS MEARNSI Ashmead, 1905:959 , type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). Philippines.

Bombus geei Cockerell, 1917:265 , type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bremus mearnsi (Ashmead) by Frison (1934). Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). China: Jiangxi.

Bremus (Pratobombus) mearnsi var. dilutus Frison, 1934:174 , holotype worker INHS examined. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). China: Zhejiang.

Bombus (Pratobombus) mearnsi ssp. chekiangensis Bischoff, 1936:5, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). China: Zhejiang.

Bombus (Pratobombus) flavescens f. dilutior Pittioni, 1949:264, holotype male BMNH examined. China: Fujian.

Material examined. 2 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at low elevations of the southeastern mountains ( Fig. 38 ); 2 localities between 1049 and 1118 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Shanxi, Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu (IAB).

Forage plants. MALVACEAE : Althaea rosea .

Figures

FIGURE 22 – 39. Maps of Gansu showing the recorded presences of the species as black spots with county boundaries shown in grey.